Privacy as Architecture - AA HIDE OUT – RIYADH – KSA
Category Name - Interiors, Landscape, Private Residences
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Project summary
This vacation house is conceived as a quiet conversation with the desert.
Rather than imposing a singular object, the architecture fragments into grounded volumes shaped by light, wind, and terrain—each mass responding to the scale and rhythm of the surrounding landscape.
Materiality is deliberately earthy and tactile, allowing the house to age with the desert and absorb its tones. Deep recesses, shaded courtyards, and controlled openings create moments of protection and openness, framing views while tempering the harsh climate.
Here, architecture does not seek contrast but resonance—an inhabited landscape where built form and nature coexist through balance, restraint, and dialogue.
Projects
Where the Forest Holds Its Breath - BLACK EMBER - RL VILLA – BAABDAT – LEBANON
Where the Sea Becomes Infinite - HAMATE RETREAT- LEBANON
The Coastal Retreat - S SUMMER HOUSE– TYRE – LEBANON
Unfolding the Mountain - THE WATCHER - A VILLA – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
A House That Listens to the Wind - S VILLA – ABDELLE – LEBANON
Lost in the Red Rock - DESERT HIDE-OUT – AL OLA – KSA
The Curated Home - A APARTMENT – ZALKA – LEBANON
Knowledge Grows Outward - UOB DEK CAMPUS EXTENSION -DEKWANEH – LEBANON
Between the Ridges - THE GUARDIAN - S VILLA – BYAKOUT – LEBANON
The Quiet Gesture - AI VILLA - SSHOUR - LEBANON
The Courtyard as Climate - PATIO HOUSE – SENEGAL
A Home for Learning - CMF STUDENTS’ HOUSE – DBAYEH – LEBANON
The Levantine Residence - KH VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
Order and Oasis - SM VILLA – DOHA – QATAR
The Furnished Urban Modules - FURNISHED APARTMENTS - BACHOURA - BEIRUT - LEBANON
The Quiet Addition - AA ADDITION CHALET - ZAAROUR - LEBANON
Tomorrow's Dwelling, Today's Question - HOUSE OF THE FUTURE – COMPETITION – DUBAI
Alpine Clarity - AC CHALET - MROUJ - LEBANON
Above the City, Below the Sky - JL PENTHOUSE – WATA EL JOZ – LEBANON
Snow and Stone - A2 RESIDENCE - ZAAROUR - LEBANON
Authority in White and Wood - LAW FIRM RIYADH – KSA
Rooted in the Riverbank - ZECOLODGE – ZABBOUGHA – LEBANON
A Canopy Retreat - ABOVE THE TREES – ZABBOUGHA – LEBANON
Less Space, More Life - MICROHOME COMPETITION – TINY HOUSES
Work and Residence, Unified - H… HQ + VILLAS – JEDDAH – KSA
The Measured Villa - B VILLA – KHOBAR – KSA
The Raw Interior - S.H. LOFT – BEIRUT – LEBANON
Industrial Light - S LOFT – UPARK – BEIRUT – LEBANON
House in the Open Plain - H VILLA – MACHGHARA – LEBANON
The Ashrafiyeh Interior - NT APART - ASHRAFIYE - BEIRUT – LEBANON
A Human Scale Medical Hub - DRL POLYCLINIC BEIRUT – LEBANON
By the Sea Shore - FA APARTMENT- SAHEL ALMA - LEBANON
The Kitchen as Architecture - MEKER DESIGN KITCHEN COMPETITION – BEIRUT – LEBANON
The Suburban Living - CA APARTMENT- AIN SAADE – LEBANON
Gathering at Scale - ARAMCO DINING HALL – KSA
The Room Where Decisions Land - ARAMCO MEETING ROOM – KSA
The High Refuge - AC MOUNTAIN CHALET – MROUJ – LEBANON
Compressed Elegance - GI APARTMENT- BEIRUT – LEBANON
Urban Refinement - JG APARTMENT- BEIRUT – LEBANON
The Body in Space - POSIFIT HEALTH CLUB – JCC- JEITA – LEBANON
The Art of Rest - BEDROOMS’ SELECTION
A Room of One's Own - DRESSINGS’ SELECTION
Where Homes Begin - RECEPTIONS’ SELECTION
The Ritual Space - BATHROOMS’ SELECTION
Gathering Around the Table - DININGS’ SELECTION
Anchored in the Valley - OB RESIDENCE - REIFOUN - LEBANON
Atlantic Gateway - RM HOTEL – AGADIR – MOROCCO – COMPETITION
The Forest That Gives Back - K ECOLODGE – KFARHOUNEH – LEBANON
Rooted in the Grove - F VILLA – WARDANIYE – LEBANON
Program Stacked, City Served - MULTIUSE BUILDING -JUBAIL – KSA
North African Business Landmark - AL ANDALUSIA BUSINESS CENTER – TRIPOLI – LYBIA
An Oasis in the City Fabric - OASIS RESIDENTIAL COMPOUND - JEDDAH - KSA
The Metal Rock - WA CHALET – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Carved into the Hill - HN VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
A Gentle Expansion - M VILLA ADDITION – REIFOUN – LEBANON
Into the Natural Playground - ADVENTURE PARK - JIITA - LEBANON
Seaside, Unhurried - LAZY B – JIYEH – LEBANON
A Landscape for Play - WAOUH PLAYGROUND – ZALKA – LEBANON
Architecture of Spectacle - SAUDI CUP – KSA
Nestled in the Snowfield - A CHALET – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
The upper Terrace - HE MS – BEIRUT – LEBANON
Dialogue with the Cityscape - HW VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
Mediterranean on the Rocks - KFARABIDA RESORT – BATROUN – LEBANON
Resort for a New City - KAEC RESORT-KSA
Blue vs White - RADISSON BLUE HOTEL – KHOBAR – KSA
Terraced Living on the Mountain - MONTEVERDE RESIDENTAL COMPLEX – BEIT MERRI – LEBANON
Where the Sea Meets the Hill- HE MP VILLA – BATROUN- LEBANON
Terraced Between Sky and Stone - HM VILLA - BAABDA - LEBANON
Old Stone, New Steel - PAR ADDITION - A DIALOGUE OF STONE AND STEEL - GHARZOUZ - LEBANON
The Desert Frame - F HOUSE - DUBAI -EAU
Gravity Reconsidered - BV VILLA- BAALOUL - LEBANON
The Summit Residence - PM VILLA – MTEIN – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Shared Ground, Three Horizons - N BROTHERS VILLA – BEQAA VALLEY – LEBANON
The MECHA HOME - D VILLA – MONTEVERDI – LEBANON
A Second Life in the Snow - AA CHALET REHABILITATION – ZAAROUR – LEBANON
Facing the Horizon - P BEACH HOUSE - DOHA - QATAR
A Fragmented Harmony - D3 VILLA – MAR MOUSSA – LEBANON
The Timber Threshold - B WOODEN VILLA – BAABDAT – LEBANON
A Shelter Grown from the Forest - WOODEN LODGE - BAABDATH - LEBANON
The discreet house - S PRIVATE RESIDENCE – AITANIT – LEBANON
Between Antiquity and the Sea - T VILLA – TYRE – LEBANON
The Garden Within - I VILLA – AMMAN -JORDAN
Light in Layers - DD VILLA - BAABDATH - LEBANON
A Heritage Lane Reborn - C PRIVATE RESIDENCE – GEMMAYZE – LEBANON
Architecture of the Estate - HH PRINCE BS FARM – TAEF – KSA
Stone and Silence - D VILLA - BAABDAT - LEBANON
Shadow and Shelter - MS VILLA – KHOBAR – KSA
A Courtyard for the Gulf - ABA VILLA - DOHA - QATAR
The Oblique House - RN VILLA – BAABDATH – LEBANON
A House of Planes - S VILLA – AMMAN – JORDAN
An Urban Home Extended - HH MS PRIVATE RESIDENCE EXTENSION – BEIRUT – LEBANON
